Modified Union Pacific Plan Abandoned in California Dispute
In St Louis on March 15 Chairman Lovett said a modified dissolution plan for Union Pacific Southern Pacific was abandoned due to California railroad commission opposition. Harriman interests and the attorney general must draft a new plan approved by Utah district court judges. The failure stemmed from California commission resistance to a traffic arrangement between the two lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Lovett
Union Pacific System
Union Pacific- Southern Pacific
California Railroad Commission
Harriman
District Court of Utah
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Oakland
Sacrament
Central Pacific
California Board
California Commission
California
Sanborn
Houts
The Royal Road to Successful Shopping
John P. Fallon urges readers to use LIeut advertisements as sign posts guiding to reliable stores and honest goods. He promises pure foods, up-to-date fashions, and best value, urging nightly reading to become a savvy shopper.
Plan Lapse Marks Dissolution Deliberations In Court
Noting the attorney general’s position remains unclear the court let the dissolution plan lapse as Judge Lovett apologized for not submitting a modified plan. He cited the banking syndicate’s stock distribution agreement expiring tonight and the railway’s hope to finish the matter today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houts
Lovett
McReynolds Delays Verdict on Union Pacific Plan
New York March 15 Attorney General McReynolds refused to outline the government's stance on the Union Pacific Southern Pacific dissolution after Judge Lovett said the modified plan had been abandoned. The next move, McReynolds said, is up to the Union Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McReynolds
New York
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
NAME NEW SECRETARY
In view of the steady growth of the Young Woman's Christian Association a new committee and a new secretary have been appointed to care for the employment and board directory and keep in touch with girls sent out to board in local boarding houses. Mrs E B Broaddus appointed secretary in charge of the employment and boarding department. Mrs J J Stevens is chairman of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
E. B. Broaddus
Business Woman's Club
Association
J. J. Stevens
Lecture Series to End at YMCA Sunday Address
The final Sunday afternoon YMCA lecture series ends tomorrow at 3 30 PM in the building lobby. Rev Dr F H Essert of Denver CO, organizer for the Anti White Slave Association, speaks on Ost in the Rapids of White Slavery. Yale Hicks follows with The Social Evil. Music by the YMCA orchestra and quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
F. H. Essert
Denver
Colo
Anti-White Slave Association of America
Yale Hicks
Hicks
Chicago
Last Service at St Luke's Episcopal Church
The final rites in the old St Luke's Church building at Zavala and Leona streets are set for tomorrow at 11 o'clock. The church property has been sold, the building will be torn down, and a new church will rise in the Prospect Hill district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Zavala and
Leona Streets
Prospect Hill
Aransas Pass Channel and Dock seeks land purchase near Aransas Pass
The Aransas Pass Channel and Dock Company filed with the railroad commission an application under a 32nd Legislature act to purchase survey 652 containing 240 acres of land beside its railroad right of way near Aransas Pass. It notes already made harbor island improvements valued at 181,634 dollars and also filed the application with the land commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Aransas Pass
Railroad Commission
Harbor Island
Hung Jury in Murder Case at Daingerfield
Sam Cameron stood trial in District Court for the May 2 1911 killing of Tom Gibbons. The jury failed to agree with ten for acquittal and two for conviction, marking the second hung jury after a prior 1911 trial at Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daingerfield
Tex
Sam Cameron
Tom Gibbons
Camp County
Morris County
Pittsburg
Abbott Seeks Federal Job in Chemistry Post
Austin March 15 J A Abbott state pure food and drug commissioner believes he may obtain a government role when the chief of the United States Bureau of Chemistry is named He has the endorsement of several Congress members along with Postmaster General Albert Burleson and Secretary of Agriculture David F Houston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Austin
Tex
Pure Food and Drug
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Congress
Albert Burleson
Secretary of
Agriculture
David F. Houston
Mail Due in Brownsville From Mexican Route Detour
A carload of delayed Mexican mail is due to Brownsville tonight destined for U S points. This first carload through Brownsville follows a detour caused by blocked lines between Monterey and Laredo. The Monterey to Matamoros road remains open and many Mexican passengers use the outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
United States
Monterey
Laredo
Matamoros
Mexico
Stock Show Closes Today at Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas on March 15 the stock show ended as exhibitors rushed to cover stock at freezing point. It marks the first profitable exhibition with good profits this year. The horse show closed last night. Also notice Riverside Restaurant offering meals at 25 cents daily and seafood specials. A lecture titled Lost in the Rapids of White Slavery will be held at the YMCA lobby Sunday afternoon featuring Dr. F. H. Essert D D as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
F. H. Essert
D. D
Hollow Horn Bear Sioux Chief Dies in Washington
Hollow Horn Bear, renowned Sioux chief of Rosebud South Dakota, died in Washington after pneumonia. He had traveled to attend President Wilson's inauguration, endured March weather, and received last rites from Rev William H. Ketchum. His burial will be on the western plains with ancestors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hollow Horn
Dakota
William H. Ketchum
Bureau of Catholic Missions
Strike Settlement Fails. Strikers to Meet This Afternoon
No settlement reached in the strike started last Wednesday by local sheet metal workers. A joint conference at the Chamber of Commerce failed to yield an agreement. A general strikers meeting is set for 5 PM at the Trades Council hall. Employers refuse to bargain until workers return to duties on contracts totaling about $100,000 based on a $3 daily scale. Trades Council members backed the strikers demand for $4 a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Trades Council Hall
Trades Council
Dallas woman named police captain and matron
Captain of Police Mrs. J. J. Farley of Dallas is hailed as possibly the world’s first woman police captain. She was appointed police matron with the rank of captain and has continued performing her duties in that capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Farley
Dallas
Notable Guests Filling San Antonio Hotels
A string of visitors and registrants from across the United States fills the city hotels. R J Cooke Beeville Tex registers at the Gunter while F F Clark arrives from New York at the St Anthony. Others include Mr and Mrs M Jordan St Louis guests at the Savoy and Alfred Long Dallas at the Bowie among many registrations and arrivals at Menger Crockett Bexar Gunter St Anthony and Savoy hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Clark
New York
the St. Anthony
Mrs. M. Jordan of
St. Louis
Savoy Hotel
Edwin E. Swiney
Mobile
Ala
Crockett, G. B
W. M. Smith
Pearsall
Tex
Bexar Hotel
W. F. Hurd
Minneapolis, Minn
St. Anthony Hotel
E. J. Graham
Dallas
Menger Hotel
E. J. Elmer
Crockett Hotel
B. J. Goddard
Sherman
Bexar
J. E. Sutherlin
Kansas City
Gunter
Ed Johnson
Denver
Savoy
W. A. Miller
Brady
Bowie Hotel
Charles Haas
Chicago
Henderson
A. J. Hoover
Port Lavaca
Louis N. Fitzsimon
Joseph J. Stahl
Castroville
E. N. Haskins
City
St. Anthony. Co
FURIOS BATTLE NEAR THE BORDER
Reported clashes near the border as rail lines between Monterey and Laredo were burned and the Central Railroad north of Santa Rosalia in Chihuahua cut. Felix Sommerfeld, chief of President Maderos secret service, left for Veracruz with the German minister and plans to reach New Orleans via Havana. A prior report claimed Sommerfeld had been captured, but that was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Laredo
Central
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Felix Sommerfeld
Madero
Secret Service
Veracruz
New Orleans
Havana
Sommerfeld
Huerta
Mail in Alarm Box Sparks Fire Department Calling
City Electrician Discover box 825 on King William and Turner streets held a sealed letter addressed to Mrs. Haley Planters Hotel St Louis. Fire Chief Wright suspects the letter was placed in the fire alarm box by someone mistaking it for a United States letter. The box produced a false alarm on December 16 1912. The letter is being held by the fire chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Sam
City Electrician
King William and Turner Streets
S. Haley
Planters’ Hotel
St. Louis
Wright
United Stats
Storm delays traffic in Mobile and south Alabama
Rain fell throughout Southern Alabama with downed wires and a washout on the Louisville and Nashville line near Evergreen blocking traffic and trains. Squalls pushed small craft onto the river while truck-growing areas report great crop damage and a potential huge loss if a predicted cold wave brings freezing temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Louisville & Nashville
Evergreen
Montgomery
Clerk Also Secretary to County Judge Dunnica Appointed
A. L. Dunnica, deputy county clerk in charge of the Criminal County Court, was appointed private secretary to County Judge James R. Davis. The attorney general ruled no incompatibility in holding both roles. Dunnica will manage Judge Davis' private books and bonds records, following approval from County Clerk Frank R. Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Dannica
Criminal County Court
James R. Davis
Dunnica
Davis
Frank R. Newton
Newton
Negro Sentenced to Hang in Morris County Texas
Gus Finley a colored man convicted in Morris county district court last Saturday for killing Tom Tucker a constable of the Omaha precinct on November 26 1912 was sentenced to hang yesterday by District Judge H F O Neal The execution is set for May 6 and will be carried out here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daingerfield
Tex
Gus Finley
Morris County
Tom Tucker
Omaha
H. F. O'Neal
Freeman Found Guilty in Arson Case in Second Degree
NEW YORK March 15 Henry C Freeman accused as a member of a so called arson trust revealed through a convict confession was found guilty of arson in the second degree by a jury late yesterday Freeman fainted when the verdict was read Judge Swann remanded him for sentence Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry C. Freeman
Freeman
Swann
Filipino Leader Aguinaldo Plans Canada Visit
Manila March 15 Emilio Aguinaldo former Filipino insurgent leader expects soon to visit Canada with a party of representative Filipinos to study the working connection between the Dominion and Great Britain He believes a similar link between the Philippines and the United States might solve the Philippine problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Emiio Aguinaldo
Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
Philippines
United States
Lyons Found Guilty in Texas Manslaughter Trial
Bryan Lyons was found guilty of manslaughter by a fifty sixth district jury in Galveston for the Christmas morning shooting death of Walter E. K. Sherrard, a chauffeur. Lyons received a five year penitentiary sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Galveston
Tex
Bryan Lyons
Walter EK
Sherrard
Fifty-sixth
Texas Attorney General holds nine juror bill unconstitutional
In Austin on March 15 the attorney general's department issued an opinion to Representative Spain declaring that the proposed nine juror bill, allowing nine jurors to return a felony verdict, is unconstitutional even though the house had previously passed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Attorney General's Department
Spain
House
Norther Brings Frost to Houston After Midnight
A genuine norther swept into Houston around midnight, driving temperatures below 40. Heavy frost followed, with brisk winds noted as the day began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norther
Houston
Tex
Wiley Acquitted of Killing in Fourteen Minutes
In Tyler Texas on March 15 a jury acquitted W G Wiley of killing Chester Gregory after only fourteen minutes of deliberation setting a local record for speed.
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Wiley
Tyler
Tex
W. G. Wiley
Chester Gregory
Baldwin Found Not Guilty In Texas Murder Case
In Abilene Texas the jury acquitted Earl Baldwin of charges he killed Alt Goode in the city three years ago. Police seek a white boy reportedly struck by a car on Houston Street between Navarro and Avenue C at about 2:30 PM yesterday. The boy was said to have been knocked down and then driven away by the car’s occupants before law enforcement arrived.
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Baldwin
Abilene
Tex
State of Texas
Earl Baldwin
Alt Goode
Houston Street
Navarro Street
Avenue C
Riverside Restaurent Serves Chicken and Fish Daily
The Riverside Restaurent offers daily meals featuring chicken and various fish dishes including bass trout and flounder, emphasizing the option that if it’s to eat it’s available.
Plaza Theater listing for 21 and frty minute services
An item notes a Plaza Theater engagement of 21 and a forty minute service on March 17, with men invited to attend.
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Plaza Theater
Freezing Weather at Waco Reported
The thermometer touched freezing this morning in Waco Texas with a very high wind overnight Current items note fishing species mentioned include bass trout and flounder The article invites all men to hear Yale Hicks and Dr F H Essert D D at the Y M C A lobby Sunday afternoon
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Waco
Waco, Tex
Yale Hicks
F. H. Essert
D. D
Y. M. CA
Sonora Leader Says Revolt Aims At Constitutional Government
I Bonillas of Sonora state congress declares that the revolt against Huerta seeks a constitutional government not independence for Sonora alone. He says northern Sonora will be brought under control and border ports opened for peaceful business while federals in the south retreat to defense of Guaymas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Huerta
I. Bonillas
Sonora State Congress
Mexico
Guaymas
Urgent Push for Huerta Recognition by Bryan
Major Cassius E. Gillette retired U S Army urged immediate recognition of the Huerta government in Mexico to speed U S funding and quell revolts in outlying states. He spoke in Washington stating the need for quick action but declined to discuss Secretary Bryan's views on recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Huerta
Mexico
Bryan
Cassius E. Gillette
United States Army
United States
Gillette
Kidnapper Dress Form Goes Unmasked in Gary
A near sighted Gary Indiana woman mistook a mail carrier’s delivery for a kidnapping and alerted police. Officers found Byard Pittinger carrying a sack of mail and a dummy woman, admitting the idea of a crime was the parcel’s fault and asking to keep it quiet. The case sparked neighborly chatter after Annie Tracey reported the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Steel City
Byard Pittinger
Teeth lodged in throat twenty years later found
Captain Henry Wagner of Allentown, early Lincoln volunteer, is to leave Jefferson Hospital after doctors removed a small plate of false teeth stuck in his throat for more than two decades. An X ray failed to reveal the teeth due to tissue, but an electric light helped locate them and surgeons Dr. Kyle and Dr. Lewis removed the plate after three attempts, ending his long period of fluid intake.
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Philadelphia
Henry Wagner
Allentown
Lincoln
Jefferson Hospital
Wagner
William Meigs
Kyle
Lewis
Isle of Man Flags A Mixed Legal Picture
The Isle of Man, praised for progressive female suffrage yet criticized for backward tax and labor laws, bans usury but still allows imprisonment for debt. It relies on food and drink taxes for revenue, lacks death and property taxes, and has no factory laws or limits on shop hours. Women and widows have strong property rights and parliamentary franchise rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Man
Manxland i
Cold Snap at Vernon Texas Snow Covers Vernon
Vernon Texas reports a light snow followed by freezing temperatures during the night. The brief cold snap affected local conditions as temperatures dropped after the snowfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Tex
Medina land case hearings conclude in federal court
Arguments finished in the federal court room over the Medina dam flood area. Three commissioners will set values for submerged parcels, with testimony noting $30 to $50 an acre. A follow up hearing in Boerne on Monday will assess additional submerged acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina Land
Federal
Fire on Marshall Street damages home of A Brown
A morning fire at 316 West Marshall Street damaged the dwelling of A Brown by about 150 dollars. The blaze started between the ceiling and roof from a defective chimney. Firemen fought the flames with a chemical apparatus at eight o clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Street
A. Brown
West Marshall
Syrup of Figs Ad Targets Constipated Children
An old fashioned drug advertisement pitches Syrup of Figs as the ideal laxative for kids and adults. It touts gentle action without griping, claims to cleanse liver and bowels, and promotes the genuine Califo Fig Syrup Co product with full age directions on the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Califo Fig Syrup Co
Hall's Hair Renewer Affects Careless Grooming
A man neglected grooming with a dirty coat and heavy dandruff. After a friend recommended Hall's Hair Renewer and a doctor's advice, he used the product. His scalp became clean and healthy with no dandruff or hair loss and no staining risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carri
Hall
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Saltillo
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Mr. Morgan
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